The club can confirm that Friday’s match at Doncaster Rovers will only be available to watch on Charlton TV’s Valley Pass Live in a very small number of countries, due to EFL broadcast restrictions.
As the match has been selected for live coverage by Sky Sports, the club are NOT permitted to live stream the game in the UK, Ireland or any country that is covered by the EFL’s global broadcast deal.
As the Doncaster match can only be streamed in a small number of countries, the club will not be running a full Valley Pass Live production. The live coverage – which will be available in multi-camera – will begin shortly before kick-off and will conclude at full-time.
Fans in any of the below countries WILL be able to watch Doncaster Rovers v Charlton on Valley Pass Live. To purchase your pass, click here.
Europe: Albania, Cyprus, Faroe Islands, Gibraltar, Hungary, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg,, Malta, Moldova, Netherlands, San Marino, Ukraine, Vatican City.
Middle East & North America: Gaza Strip, South Sudan, West Bank.
Africa: Botswana, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Lesotho, Liberia, Namibia, Sao Tome e Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Swaziland, Western Sahara, Zimbabwe.
Asia: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, East Timor, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, North Korea, Pakistan, Philippines, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand.
Caribbean: Belize, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cuba, Puerto Rico, St Barthelemy, St Helena, Ascension & Tristan da Cunha, St Kitts & Nevis, St Martin, St Vincent & the Grenadines, US Virgin Islands.
South America: Falkland Islands
Oceania: American Samoa, Christmas Island, Cocos Islands, Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, French Polynesia, Guam, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, New, Caledonia, Niue, Norfolk Islands, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Pitcairn Islands, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Wallis & Futuna.
Valley Pass Live will return for a full production when Charlton host Lincoln City at The Valley on Tuesday, April 6th 2021 (7pm KO GMT).
Charlton vs Lincoln City will be available to watch worldwide.
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I have to say too, that last time this happened, my VPN could not crack access even when choosing 'dark' countries from that list such as Hungary or Luxembourg. I imagine that Sky are responsible for that technical aspect and will have fairly sophisticated blocking mechanisms at their disposal.
Surfshark has VPN's available for all those in bold from the club's list.
Europe: Albania, Cyprus, Faroe Islands, Gibraltar, Hungary, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Netherlands, San Marino, Ukraine, Vatican City
Asia: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, East Timor, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, North Korea, Pakistan, Philippines, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand
Did you use it successfully for the last blocked game?
If you find a short kosher local £10 deal it is likely to be more reliable.
In any case, many VPNs do not mask other aspects of your location, for example the communication protocol managing the stream may give away the originating location.
I haven't needed to use it for a while but what seemed to be foolproof was using chrome browser with WebRTC Leak Shield as well as a VPN.
IPVanish, Express VPN and CyberGhost would be my three recommendations.
Today VPN is also a half decent free alternative but, again, may need you to play around with various locations to find one that works.
From VPNCrew:
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This is what Danny from the EFL wrote to me on Jan 6th:
Our overseas broadcast partners i.e. Eleven Sport will only purchase rights for particular matches and will never have the rights to all Championship or League One matches. You can view the international TV picks on our website at: https://www.efl.com/clubs-and-competitions/tv-games/international-games/.
If Eleven Sport have the rights to a particular Championship match then this will not affect your viewing on Valley Pass of Charlton’s match. The only matches affected on iFollow (or Club equivalent service) overseas are the specific matches where the rights have been purchased overseas.
Happy birthday, by the way... 🎂 😊
A disappointing selection of other matches on Sky on Friday, so I won't really gain much else for my Now TV fee.
Cheltenham vs Tranmere
Barnsley vs Reading
Birmingham vs Swansea